isthmus
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Designed to modernise the rail link across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the Mexican government has sought to develop the area into a strategic trade corridor, expanding ports, railways and industrial infrastructure.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
And then further, ultimately eradicating screwworm from the Americas north of the Isthmus of Panama.
From Salon • Apr. 28, 2025
Beginning about 5 million years ago, the Isthmus of Panama rose above sea level, cutting off the Pacific from the Atlantic.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2024
After the Isthmus, you’ll again climb 1,600 feet and then back down to Parsons Landing campground, at sea level.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2024
Communication between southern Mexico and the Andes required either a sea voyage or else a long chain of overland contacts via the narrow, forested, never urbanized Isthmus of Darien.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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